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Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope
esocid writes "WorldWide Telescope, developed by Microsoft's research arm, knits together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and others. Windows users (only) can browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics. The application allows viewing from different wavelengths such as X-ray, visible light, and hydrogen-alpha radiation. Business Week has a review and some background on the project, which has been in development for years. Google Sky beat them to the punch but Business Week opines that WWT's interface is superior."
Apparently this is a desktop app, not a web app. Any idea if it works in Wine (or Mono, if it's managed code)? I'd try it myself but must run - it's worth a shot though.
There's no place I could be, since I've found Serenity...
Just dropping the note on "an old web 2.0 application" called Stellarium.
http://www.stellarium.org/
It has been around for a while and uses OpenGL to render graphics. Also, it can run in any system. Cheers.